The 10 Best Cocktail Cookbooks for At-Home Mixology

Mix up rum-based classic cocktails like Jungle Bird, Parasol (think a lightened-up pineapple-banana daiquiri, yum!), and Lake at Night, which is a blue curacao cocktail that is way less sweet and hangover-inducing than most in its category with one of our favorite cocktail books from spirits educator Shannon Mustipher.

Give the English major in your life this literary-inspired cocktail book with cocktails like Bridget Jones Daiquiri (a blended cocktail made with strawberries, Champagne, lemon juice, and sugar), Romeo and Julep (a mint julep with peach schnapps), Lord of the Mai Tais, and Gulp-iver’s Travels (a shaken, not stirred combination of vodka, peach schnapps, grapefruit juice, and cranberry juice).

The last thing most hosts and hostesses want to do is spend the entire evening crafting custom cocktails for every single guest. That’s where batch cocktails come in handy. A longtime food and drinks writer, Maggie Hoffman worked with bartenders all across the country to share 65 make-ahead recipes for crowd-friendly pitchers.

If you've ever wondered where alcohol comes from, then this is a must-read for you. The Drunken Botanist goes into depth on the herbs, flowers, fruits, and trees that provide us with the base for our beloved cocktails. Although you can sit back with this book and learn all about how sake comes from a grain of rice, there's also a large index of recipes for all of the classic cocktails.

Learn the art of mixing drinks with this essential bartender’s guide from Jim Meehan, the award-winning bartender and founder of Please Don’t Tell, a speakeasy located in New York’s East Village. Except unlike speakeasies, the recipes and teachings in this book are widely accessible: no password needed.

This book has everything for beginners: over 1,100 easy-to-follow cocktail recipes, a guide to homemade ingredients like simple syrups, and explanations of tools, garnishes, and ice. With this book, you'll be a professional mixologist in no time.

This book was published in 1930 and still reigns as one of the most supreme texts in cocktail making. Written by Harry Craddock of the Savoy Hotel London (a destination for cocktail lovers,) Craddock's recipes are largely considered the gold standard in the world of cocktails.

Liquid Intelligence is all about creative techniques and revolutionary methods to take any cocktail from zero to 100. This might not be the best choice for those just starting out in cocktail making, but if words like "nitro-muddling" and "infusing" are exciting to you, then this will definitely be worth a purchase.

Good music makes every situation better, and sipping on cocktails is no exception. This book is categorized into four different moods (rock, dance, chill, and seduce) and pairs songs and cocktails together that match that mood. With over 100 cocktail recipes, there's a perfect cocktail match to all 70 featured albums. You may never be able to listen to The Beatles again without wanting a drink!

This is a great read if you're looking to open up your own bar, spontaneously dive into the world of mixology, or just make some incredible cocktails. Aside from a variety of classic recipes, this book also explores the bar industry at length. You'll get everything from bar design, menu development, spirits production, drink mixing technique, and more in this bartender's manual.